The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-08-12
CLOTHES BY THE HOUR.

How the Impecunious Dude Manages to
Keep Up Appearances as to Dress.
"Ah Chap Is that one of Fwank's?"
said one of those beings that give strong
reason to believe in the Darwinian theory
the other afternoon on Chestnut street
The object addressed was quite as nice an
if as the one that spoke, and the cause
of the remark was one of those coats in
tended for the spring trade but cut short
in its growth by the continued cold
weather.
"Yahs, deah boy. You see, it's bloom
in cold ter-day an I made date with
fairy to walk ter-day, an had to do it,
me boy"
How hawd did he stwike we, chappie?''
Seventeen cents till O'Clock, am five
cents an howh aftah, but l must be back.
ye know, and the pOsey cost two cents an
howh, an / could only bowwah a quawtaw
fwom my little sistah. Then they parted.
At 5 O'Clock "Chappie'' was seen coming
down the street He turned off Chestnut
street at Twelfth and went a few doors
rang bell, and entered a house The
stroller followed it. In a nicely fur
nished back room was seated q we'll
dressed youth of 81 years of age. He
turned out to be "Fwank" All around
the room were hung garments Of all
shades and kinds, but all were Of the
latest English cut" Here "Chappie''
carefully took off his coat, after removing
the rose that nestled in the upper button
hole. The bill was twenty-three cents.
What calm do faw ye, chappie?'
was 'Fwank's'' salutation as soon as the
wind had opened the door and cleared the
room.
swell, this 'chappie' doesn't want any
thing, except to know a little bit about
this industry Of yours. Where do Won
get these clothes hanging around here,
and is your business a furnishing sue
cessS''
AT drst there was an apparent indispo-
sition to answer, but it didn't take long to
make up the little mind possessed, and
few startling facts were developed. The
details viii not, however, be told in the
silly lingo of the informer
The establishment has been in exist
ence nearly two years, and has been grow
ing rapidly ever since it's organization.
The proprietor buys all kinds of fashion
able clothing from slender dudes whose
fathers give them plenty. When they
get hard up they go to "Fwank's," and
there they receive a very fair price for
their clothing. The cheap dude that
stands on Chestnut street curb stones and
meanders dolefully up and down, wonder
Ing all day when something is going to
happen to make it rich, so it can enjoy
life like other chaps" or waiting for
some heiress to fall in love with it's shape.
is the one that enriches "Fwank." This
branch of the "genus dudii' seldom has
more than dollar at one time, but it
must make an appearance. So it goes to
''Fwank," and there it can get one of
those dickey top coats for 10 cents the
first hour and five cents an hour after.
On Saturdays and Sundays the price is
raised 80 per cent Dress SHIFTS are hired |
in the evenings for 40 cents 1t often
makes them 60 broke for week on these |
occasions. Trousers can be hired for
from TO cents an hour. No security !
is required On Saturdays ''Fwank" buys |
a job lot stock of flowers, and hires them |
out in lots ranging from to cents an /
hour. -Philadelphia Times